all specs are from
Aerospaceweb.org | Reference for Aviation, Space, Design, and Engineering
well fuel fraction is calculated by:fuel in lbs/total weight(lbs) of aircraft+weight of fule in lbs
for the F 22 I got approximately .28
for the F 15 I got .21
so the F 22 wins in fuel fraction which means more range
Drag for the F 22 is obviously less due to better aero design and no external weapons.
I got a higher thrust to weight ratio for the F 15 though
1.38 for the F 15 vs 1.14 for the F 22
I'm starting to think that althugh the F 22 is great for what we have right now I know it can outmaneuver the F15/16/18and Su 27/30 etc etc etc but I think some of the specs are overstated such as supercruise which would no doubt decrease its range.
I know F 22's have exceeded expectations in excercises like Red flag/northern edge in BVR,WVR, ground attack,ECCM etc and are excellent in SEAD against the latest sams but I'm skeptical if they can perform effectively while going up against a layered defense with long range VHF surveillance radars(inaccurate for targeting and immobile) with the surveillance radars protected by the latest S300P/V and S400 units further backed up by SA 11's, Tor M1's, and finally tunguskas coordinated by 83M6E/83M6E2 command posts and interwoven with fiber optic cables.
S-300PMU2 Favorit SA-10 GRUMBLE
correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is the 83M6E2 allows targeting and other data from the S300/VHF radars to be transferred to other sams like SA 11's,Tor m1's, and tunguskas to provide a robust point defense against stealth cruise missiles like JASSM and SAMS can easily take care of PGMs like SDB's, JDAMS etc. Those VHF radars which can be robustly protected by the above SAM network can then vector fighters into the F22's and perhaps the missiles can be datalinked to the VHF radars to fly out to the general position of the aircraft and be mounted on cheap SU 35's. Perhaps 5V55K's which are still available and are comand link guided can be upgraded with a terminal IIR/active radar or maybe even a dual mode seeker and be guided from the VHF radar's information. The SU 35's run at $35 mil and maybe have it upgraded with the AL41F to allow it to supercruise giving it similar kinectematic capabilities. Mig 29's although they are horrendous aircraft and have high maintenance requiremnts are quite robust and cheap to manufacture.
Not to mention MIg 31's armed with R-33's can also datalink with ground stations.
Then you have ECM to deal with and i'm not sure how robust those datalinks and the radar on the AMRAAM are and how much they will be degraded(note i used the word degraded) by tactical EMP delivered from Iskander TBM's.
Forgive any spelling errors I forgot to fix g2g eat dinner.